From: Thomas Finseth

To: Wang, Daisy

Date: 12/6/2012 10:48 AM

Subject: Fwd: Re: Draft Hatfield's Ferry and Fort Martin Site Visit Notes

Plant comments on Hatfield's Ferry and Fort Martin Notes. They lifted all CBI claims.

>>> <jlapcev@firstenergycorp.com> 11/5/2012 5:32 PM >>>

TJ,

We have reviewed the subject notes and except for the following comments the notes accurately reflect conditions at the time of the 

site visits. As to whether these notes need to be classified as Confidential Business Information (CBI), since all of the information 

contained in the notes was submitted at one time or another to the state permitting authorities, the notes do not need to be treated 

as CBI.

Fort Martin Site Visit - February 4, 2010

* Page 1 - Plant Overview

 - Allegheny Energy Supply's ownership of Fort Martin Power Station was transferred over to Monongahela Power Company 

as part of the funding for FGD construction. I don't have the exact date, but believe that transfer occurred prior to 

your February 2010 site visit.

* Page 2 last bullet

 - EPA Region III's letter required testing for sulfates, not sulfites as listed in the notes.

* Page 4 Highlighted question 

 - The cutoff chloride concentration for determining where to send the primary hydrocyclone overflow is 10,000-mg/L. Below 

10,000-ppm overflow goes to reclaim tank, greater than 10,000-ppm chloride level is sent to the secondary hydrocyclone. 

* Page 6 Highlighted question

 - The design mercury level would be the level in Table 2 - Professional Guarantees for the FGD Wastewater Treatment 

System. The permitted mercury limit is imposed at the combined wastewater outfall 002 (FGD-WWTP and Station's other 

"low volume wastewater" treatment system). The limits are 0.0244 μg/L monthly average and 0.049 μg/L daily 

maximum, however, these limits where stayed pending the outcome of our permit appeal and have not yet been resolved.

Hatfield's Ferry Site Visit - February 3, 2010

* Page 2 - Plant Overview

 - There is only one constructed wetland treatment system that contains various treatment cells for differing purposes.

* Page 2 - FGD System

 - As clarification, the FGD system is capable of recycling up to 50-percent of the wastewater flows from Hatfield's 

wastewater treatment lagoon system.

* Highlighted question on page 3

 - Filtrate from the vacuum filters is transferred to the reclaim tank.

* Page 5 - second bullet

 - As clarification, the average daily discharge flow from the FGD-WWTP (IMP-306) is typically about 120-gpm.

* Page 5 - last bullet

 - Outfall 006 is also monitored for total dissolved solids (TDS) and has limits at Outfall 006 for oil & grease, mercury, and 

TDS. These parameters were omitted from the notes. 

Please don't hesitate to call if you have any questions regarding this information.

Thanks, 

Joe Lapcevic

Note new e-mail address: jlapcev@firstenergycorp.com

Senior Scientist

(724) 838 – 6099 work

(234) 678 – 2385 fax

FirstEnergyCorp.

800 Cabin Hill Drive

Greensburg, PA 15601-1689

From: "Thomas Finseth" <Thomas.Finseth@erg.com>

To: <jlapcev@firstenergycorp.com>

Cc: <alicea.jezebele@epa.gov>, <Jordan.Ronald@epamail.epa.gov>, "Deborah Bartram" <Deborah.Bartram@erg.com>, 

<wcannon@firstenergycorp.com>

Date: 10/05/2012 12:22 PM

Subject: Draft Hatfield's Ferry and Fort Martin Site Visit Notes
Joe,

Representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Eastern Research Group (contractor to EPA) 

visited Allegheny Energy's Hatfield's Ferry and Fort Martin Steam Electric Plants on February 3 and 4, 2010, 

respectively, to gather information for the Agency's rulemaking and identify potential sampling points for its sampling 

program. The draft site visit notes and associated attachments summarizing the processes observed and the 

information collected during the site visits are being shipped to you via FedEx for delivery Monday morning. Please 

review these documents paying particular attention to accuracy and any potential confidential business information 

(CBI) concerns. During the site visits, some of the information was flagged as potential CBI; therefore, when 

reviewing the notes, please identify the specific CBI, if any, contained within the notes. 

Please note that there are a few outstanding questions contained within the notes. Specific questions are embedded 

and highlighted in the text of the draft site visit notes. Following receipt of your comments, EPA will finalize the notes 

for inclusion in the record associated with the proposed revisions to the steam electric effluent guidelines. 

EPA requests that you provide comments on the draft site visit notes by October 29, 2012. If comments are not 

received by this date, EPA will assume that the notes are accurate and that there are no CBI concerns regarding the 

information included in the notes. You may send your comments to Jezebele Alicea via e-mail (if not CBI) 

at alicea.jezebele@epa.gov, or by mail to:

Regular Mail

Jezebele Alicea

Engineering & Analysis Division (4303T)

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20460

Federal Express

Jezebele Alicea

Engineering & Analysis Division

EPA West/Connecting Wing (Rm 6231P)

1301 Constitution Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20004

Please feel free to contact Jezebele at (202) 566-1755 if you have any questions about the draft site visit notes.

Sincerely,

TJ Finseth

ERG

14555 Avion Parkway, Suite 200

Chantilly, VA 20151

(703) 633-1698 (phone)

(703) 263-7479 (fax)

thomas.finseth@erg.com

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